Greenhouse is finally underway

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Finally getting round to the greenhouse with the awesome help of our friends Ashley and Jeremy. It totally looks like we can grow something in it. We added a bunch of composted rabbit and chicken manure. We are going to build a compost pile in the greenhouse to experiment with a biomass style of heating.

Initially, we are going to use the greenhouse for several functions. It will be used to plant directly into the ground, a place to start seeds and tend to seedlings, other container growing, we might plant our miejer lemon trees in the ground there, as well as our avocados , and it will be used for some equipment storage.

Getting electricity and water to the greenhouse is going to be tricky. The only real power that is needed is for a fan to circulate air. Water, is a different matter all together. A total reconfiguration of our irrigation systems needs to happen. But that needs to happen anyways.